Well, I'm glad to hear you're not depressed. Cynicism I can understand. Especially as the hyped-up run to election time plays out around us. Well, depression I could understand too, as far as that goes; but it's more cause for concern. Especially considering how many narratives of the people around people not paying attention when it's important you've posted, I figured it was appropriate to comment.

And I certainly understand how what one reads affects what one thinks and feels. I go through that all the time!

But, on the up side, your prose has been excellent lately, and that's something I really appreciate!:-)

And, yes, Microdot, I consider seeing the world as a meaningless enigma to be something that is extremely depressing. If all the suffering in the world has no purpose, if there's no reason moldy pieces of paper (i.e. old comic books) sell for thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars, while children starve, if it's all just a stupid accident of nature, then why bother? If there is no such thing as goodness, if there is no hope, then we're all screwwed; because if this is all we get, then death is a much easier, much less absurd option than struggling through a purposeless existence wrought with pain, misery and suffering. If there is no purpose, if there is no meaning in life, then why not screw over as many people as you can to die in the lap of luxury? Why care about others at all, if we're all just a haphazard collection of cells without intrinsic value? Yes, it's a very depressing notion indeed.